CANNES LIONS AWARD SUBMISSIONS REMAIN FLAT IN 2025

14. 6. 2025 The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity received 26,900 award submissions for 2025, up less than 1% compared to last year’s tally. Total entries are down 38% from their peak nearly a decade ago. A handful of categories, such as Design, Creative B2B, and Entertainment Lions for Sport, saw double-digit growth in entries. Submissions for the Glass… Continue reading CANNES LIONS AWARD SUBMISSIONS REMAIN FLAT IN 2025

COMING UP LATER: THE EYEWATERING COST OF DULL MEDIA

13. 6. 2025 Dull ads cost companies millions of dollars to achieve the same effect – now, new research to be presented today at Cannes Lions by eatbigfish’s Adam Morgan and Dr. Karen Nelson-Field examines and quantifies the silent drain on our budgets caused by dull media formats. Why dull matters As Adam Morgan explained at last year’s… Continue reading COMING UP LATER: THE EYEWATERING COST OF DULL MEDIA

WHY IVAN TROJAN FELL OUT OF THE TOP RANKINGS

10. 6. 2025 Cooperation with actors in advertising works, but execution is key, according to research by ResSolution Group, which looked at Ivan Trojan’s personality in advertising. Ivan Trojan did not make it into the ranking for the first time in several years TOP actors in advertising, which is published annually by the ResSolutin Group in cooperation with… Continue reading WHY IVAN TROJAN FELL OUT OF THE TOP RANKINGS

STUDY WARC: WHAT MARKETERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RAISING BRAND AWARENESS

30. 5. 2025 Brand awareness might be seen as a “fuzzy” metric – it doesn’t help that it’s often used as a proxy for “top-of-funnel” goals, for example – but it can be a valuable goal in itself and a success indicator for marketers, boosting both ROAS and sales. A new WARC Strategy report, What’s working in raising… Continue reading STUDY WARC: WHAT MARKETERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RAISING BRAND AWARENESS

BRAND BATTLES: THE GREATEST DRAMA ON TV WITHOUT ACTORS – ONLY SLOGANS AND LOGOS

25. 5. 2025 Big brands are tirelessly climbing the ladder to get to the top. And so there is no choice but to pull out all the stops. For example, TV advertising.

ADC: MCCANN IS AGENCY OF THE EVENING, SAVAGE WINS GOLDEN TORCH

7. 5. 2025 The ADC Creative Awards have announced their winners. McCann Prague received the highest number of points in the 32nd edition of the competition, while Leonard Savage took home the Golden Torch. The winners of the 32nd annual local competition for creativity in commercial communication, the ADC Czech Creative Awards, have been announced. The awards were… Continue reading ADC: MCCANN IS AGENCY OF THE EVENING, SAVAGE WINS GOLDEN TORCH

FOKTOVÁ AND BRICHTA TO JOIN THIS YEAR’S GOLDEN DRUM JURY

29. 4. 2025 Nikola Foktová and Aleš Brichta will represent Czech creatives on the jury at this year’s Golden Drum festival. The international creativity festival Golden Drum has announced the juries and section presidents for its 31st edition. This year, two Czech creatives will also be on the jury – in the Craft Drum section, the submitted works… Continue reading FOKTOVÁ AND BRICHTA TO JOIN THIS YEAR’S GOLDEN DRUM JURY

LIKE AWARD OF GENERATION Z GOES TO THE “NENASADITELNÝ PRSTEN” CAMPAIGN

26. 4. 2025 The winner of the Like Generation Z award at the ADC Awards was the “Nenasaditelný prsten” campaign created by Leo Burnett for Prague Pride. For the third time, multimedia students studying economics at the University of Economics in Prague have chosen the winner of the Like Generation Z award at the ADC Awards. The award… Continue reading LIKE AWARD OF GENERATION Z GOES TO THE “NENASADITELNÝ PRSTEN” CAMPAIGN

THERE ARE 118 WORKS ON THE ADC AWARDS SHORTLIST, LED BY VML AND MCCANN

11. 4. 2025 The ADC Czech Creative Awards already know their finalists. In total, there are 118 entries on the shortlist, with VML and McCann having the highest number of entries. After three days of intense jury evaluation, ADC, the organizer of the 32nd ADC Czech Creatie Awards, announces this year’s shortlist – out of 270 entries, 118… Continue reading THERE ARE 118 WORKS ON THE ADC AWARDS SHORTLIST, LED BY VML AND MCCANN

FLEMA UNDERGOES FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE, HIGHLIGHTING CAMPAIGN GOALS AND BRAVERY

7. 4. 2025 Flema, the innovative media usage competition, is introducing a significant change to the competition categories this year. It also marks its 20th anniversary, which is an opportunity to take stock of where media planning has moved and how it is dealing with changes in the market. The Flema media creativity competition marks its 20th anniversary… Continue reading FLEMA UNDERGOES FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE, HIGHLIGHTING CAMPAIGN GOALS AND BRAVERY

CREATIVITY INCREASES THE CHANCES OF INNOVATION TO SUCCEED

4. 4. 2025 Most innovations are currently failing, but creative communication can contribute to their success, writes Kristián Hloušek from Marketup. When Apple introduced the first generation iPod music player in 2001, there were already a number of competitors on the market. Yet within two years, the new product had already captured more than a third of the… Continue reading CREATIVITY INCREASES THE CHANCES OF INNOVATION TO SUCCEED

BRAND BATTLES IN THE BEVERAGE MARKET: COCA-COLA AND PEPSICO ON THE BATTLEGROUND

3. 4. 2025 The Cola Wars, which have been raging for over a hundred years between the iconic brands Coca-Cola and Pepsi, take place not only on store shelves but especially in advertising space. In this fight, television commercials have played a key role, becoming the main tool for building consumer loyalty and brand identity. The rivalry between… Continue reading BRAND BATTLES IN THE BEVERAGE MARKET: COCA-COLA AND PEPSICO ON THE BATTLEGROUND

OMNICONNECT: EMOTIONS ARE AN UNTAPPED RESOURCE IN ADVERTISING

3. 4. 2025 Another edition of the OmniConnect conference took place, with high-ranking representatives of Omnicom’s network agencies in attendance. The emphasis on emotional connection with audiences is proving crucial to the long-term success of brands. Yet, in today’s advertising world, the rational side of decision-making receives overwhelming attention. “But the future of business depends on how we… Continue reading OMNICONNECT: EMOTIONS ARE AN UNTAPPED RESOURCE IN ADVERTISING

BRAND BATTLES IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: BMW, MERCEDES AND TESLA

31. 3. 2025 The automotive industry is one of the most competitive sectors in the world. As a result, the battle between brands for customer favour doesn’t just take place on racetracks, but mainly in the advertising industry. Gone are the days when it was enough to show a beautiful woman casually leaning against a shiny car to… Continue reading BRAND BATTLES IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: BMW, MERCEDES AND TESLA

BRAND BATTLES: FAST-FOOD OUTLETS MCDONALD’S, BURGER KING AND KFC USE PROVOCATION, TECHNOLOGY AND EMPHASIS ON TRADITION

27. 3. 2025 Competition is fierce in the fast-food sector. Each brand has completely different weapons in its arsenal. What advertising strategies are the global giants using to keep the competition at bay? At first glance, it might seem that fast-food chains have it easy in these hectic times. Unlike in earlier times, most of us are spending… Continue reading BRAND BATTLES: FAST-FOOD OUTLETS MCDONALD’S, BURGER KING AND KFC USE PROVOCATION, TECHNOLOGY AND EMPHASIS ON TRADITION

THE BIG BRAND BATTLES: NOSTALGIA, COMPARISON, AND PROVOCATION WORK WELL IN ADVERTISING WARS

24. 3. 2025 When two or three strong brands meet in a certain market segment, they go head-to-head. There is only one spot in the sun, and while there doesn’t have to be just one winner, anyone who hesitates may find with dread that they are not among the top players but at the bottom.

YOUNG LIONS: MOST PRIZES GO TO YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DENTS, WMC GREY AND ZARAGUZA

24. 3. 2025 The seventeenth edition of the Young Lions development competition for young industry professionals has given out its prizes. This year’s seventeenth edition of Young Lions, a creative competition and training programme for young communications professionals up to and including 30 years of age, has announced the winners in each category. Seventy teams entered this year’s… Continue reading YOUNG LIONS: MOST PRIZES GO TO YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DENTS, WMC GREY AND ZARAGUZA

WARC RANKINGS 2025: CREATIVE 100 REVEALED

21. 3. 2025 Orange, the French multinational telco, and Marcel Paris’ WoMen’s Football was the most creatively celebrated campaign of 2024, while Publicis Conseil Paris and Rethink Toronto led the agency rankings; Ogilvy once again led the networks and WPP topped the holding groups; among brands, Apple and Anheuser-Busch InBev topped the WARC Creative 100 – here’s what… Continue reading WARC RANKINGS 2025: CREATIVE 100 REVEALED